The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-04-06

answers given by such witness before
such court. And any one of YOU may be
required at any time to close the testi-
mony given before you by any person,
upon complaint against such person
for perjury, or upon his trial for such of.
fence. You are likewise forbidden under
the same pains and penalties from dis.
closing at any time; or in any manner
how either..yourself or any other member
of the Grand Jury voted on any question
before you or what opinions were ex-
pressed by any Juror IN relation to any
such question.
The law-making power in its wisdom
has declared that all the proceedings O
the grand jury, shall be and remain Sc
cret, except in eases specified, where tc
attend the ends of justice, they may be
required to lie disclosed. The obligation o.
secrecy is fully as binding upon each one
of you as if it had been included in the
oath which you have taken. When you
have investigated the evidence in any
case and twelve or more of your number
have concurred in determining to find
Indictment, you will furnish TO the pro-
scouting attorney. II memorandum of the
name of the accused, and the evidence
given before you, and the names and he
will prepare the bill of indictment and
return the same to you. Then your fore
man should read the indictment, and il
twelve ofyour number still concur in the
presentment, he should indorse it a true
bill and sign it officially. Iftwelve ofthe
Grand Jury should not concur in finding
an indictment, the foreman should GER
thy that no true bill was found. When
You have found an indictment and it has
found in Indictment and it has been
signed by your foreman, your clerk
should endorse on the bill the names of
all the material witnesses who are ex-
rected to prove the allegations contained
in the same.
If the Indictment is for a trespass
against the person or property ofanother
not amounting to felony, or if it is for
the first offence of petit larceney, the
name of the prosecutor shall be endorsed
thereon, unless the indictment is per-
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the information of some public officer in
the necessary discharge of his duty in
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then the endorsement may be made by
the prosecuting attorney. In all these
details the prosecuting attorney will lend
you his assistance in complying with all
the forms prescribed by the statutes of
this territory.
When you shall have prepared one or
more bills of Indictment, you will all
come together into court and present
them to the court,
You will if convenient, first enquire
into the charges against any prisoners
remaining in Jail not indicted, and dis.
pose of their cases as rapidly as possible.
Then you will examine the charges
against parties who are on bail and held
to answer any indictment preferred by
you, and then you will investigate all
other cases which may come under your
knowledge. You are specially required
by the laws to enquire into the case of
every person in prison in the county
Jail, not indicted, and into the condition
and management of the public prisur,s
within the county, and into the wilful
and corrupt misconduct in office ofpublic
oft1cers OF every description within your
county and for tins purpose you are en-.
Titled to Tree access at all reasonable
times, to all public buildings, public
ofhces' ana public records. 1on can
scarcely De 100 careful or too searching
III aischarglng these duties, and if You
ma any violation of the law, do your
datV iearlessly' regardless of the
consequences TO any individual The
law points ont the path OF duty and you
are pouhd 10 ioliow II, although you are
All wei informed as to what acts con
stltute the ordinary crimes, such as